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Proceedings of 

Dedication Ceremonies 

Placing Names of Wayne Township 
Soldiers of World War, 1917-1918, 
on Monument at McElhattan, 
Clinton County, Pa., July 5, 1920. 



Edited by Henry W. Shoemaker 

(Charter Member George Washington Post No. 1, American Legion) 




Altoona, Pennsylvania 

Published by Altoona Times Tribune Co. 

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Soldiers' Monument, in Linnwood Cemetery, 
McElhattan, Pa. 



Impressions of July 5, 1920 

After considerable delay, owing ito scarcity of labor. Con- 
tractor II. P>. Kissinger was secured through II. W. Smith, of 
Lock I raven, to undertake the carving of the names of the Wayne 
Township Boys who served in the World War on the Soldiers' 
Monument, in Linnwood Cemetery, McElhattan. Last year no 
one having been found to do this work, the names were painted 
in black letters on a piece of white oilcloth by W. J. Emert, of 
Youngdale, and fastened on the -monument, where they remain- 
ed until the appearance of .Mr. Kissinger. 

The work embraced not only the names of the World War 
Veterans, but those of such Veterans of the Spanish-American, 
Civil and Revolutionary Wars, which were not already on the 
monument and a mention of the name of Mrs. Anna S. Stabler. 
through whose tireless energy and perseverence, the handsome 
monument (a column from the old Capitol at 1 larrisburg ) . was 
erected in L900. At length, the work was done very satisfac- 
tory and the great day dawned. Wayne Township was signally 
honored by the presence of Sidney 1). burst. Esq., of Lock 
Haven, an orator of unusual gifts, who pronounced a masterly 
eulogy on the heroes, as well as a keen analysis of post-war 
conditii ms. 

A large delegation of representative members of William 
Mar-hall Crawford, Post American Legion, of Lock Haven, 
were in attendance, and the address of their Commander, Major 
Edward T. Miller, an overseas veteran, was greatly admired. 
Rev. LeRoy Cohick, Pastor of M. K. Church at McElhattan, 
delivered a very touching tribute to the Veterans of the ("nil 
war, a handful of these grizzled and bearded old soldiers being 
present. S. A. Thomas, one of the leader- of Civic affairs in 
Wayne Township, thanked the Speakers, American Legion and 
Musician- for the successful rendering of the program. 

A genial spirit of cooperation on the part of die active mem- 
ber- of the Union Church, which adjoins the Linnwood Ceme 
tery, had, much to do with the efficient manner i'n which die 
exercises were carried off. The weather was line, and the attend- 
ance unusually large and all deeply interested. Mr. Chatham's 
graceful poetical tribute to William Rail, the Wayne Town- 
ship lad. who fell in battle, brought tear- to many an eye. The 



singing of the Sunday School Children was much appreciated, 
as their voices showed such patriotic fervor, especially when 
they sang "(Inward Christian Soldiers" at the suggestion of 
the Orator of the daw Mr. Furst. All in all, it was an afternoon 
long to be remembered in the annals of Wayne 'Township, a 
not unworthy tribute to the heroic boys who repelled the as- 
sailants of the Nation's honor. 

HENRY W. SHOEMAKER. 

"Restless ( ).\ks," Jn.v 27, 1920. 



Monument to be Dedicated to 
World War Veterans 

Idle following program will be carried out at the re-dedica- 
tion of the monument to the Veterans of the World War at Linn- 
wood Cemetery, McEl'hattan, on Monday afternoon, July 5, at 
2 o'clock : 

Presiding ( )fficer W. J. Phillips 

Prayer Rev. J. F. Richer 

Songs Sunday School Children 

Address S. D. Furst, Esq. 

Music Ludieran Orchestra 

Acceptance of Monument by Major E. T. Miller for G. W. M. 

Crawford Post. American Legion, Lock Haven. 
Music _-__--- Orchestra 

I '<kih - J. 1 1. Chatham 

Benediction Rev. LeRoy Cohick 

Linnwood is one of the most beautiful spots in this com- 
munity and this promises to be a very instructive and patriotic 
program. — From Jersey Shore ''Herald/' 

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Roll of Honor, Wayne Township Boys in 
World War, 1917-1918 



♦William Rail 
iXevin Bierly 

[saac A. ( )'I )onnell 

1 tarry S. Emert 

Christ Bilby 
f I tarvey A. Eyer 

Blaine B. Young 

James Scaffidi 

Clair Fritz 

Emery 1'. Smith 

Charles L. O'Donnell 

.! larry S. Johnson 

Fred W. Johnson 

Eskidale Irwin 

Vernon McCrea 

Leonard Bowman 

* Killed in battle. 
1: Died in service. 
t Gassed. 



Benjamin Gingery 
Daniel Swinehart 
Frank Swinehart 
Emerson J. Swinehart 
( hi irge Swinehart 
1 [arrison I tenninger 
Peter Montarsi 
Ralph M. Huling 
Elmer Miller 
I [enry W. Shoemaker 



Eckley W. Quiggle 
Leon Fritz 
1 larry W. Cohick 
JTorrence Dyce 
|ohn Eyer 




Commemorative Poem 

(Composed and Read by John H. Chatham) 

A little country village ours. 
Begirt with trees and blooming flowers. 
Where each, their neighbor's sorrows know, 
And helps them to assuage their woe. 

And when their cup of joy is filled, 
We grieve if aught of it be spilled; 
And so we live that goodly life — 
A foe to hate and village strife. 

So when our Country's bugle blew, 
The call to arms, our boys were true ; 
And hastened to the scene of strife 
Where the whole world for war was rife. 

( )urs, no processional parade. 
But to the village Church we strayed ; 
.And Parson prayed they be returned, 
While Mothers hearts in anguish yearned. 

And so with gun and sword and lance, 
Succored the noble sons of France. 
Who help us gain that liberty — 
( )ur boys rolled back across the sea. 

With theirs, our village blood was shed. 
With theirs among their honored dead. 
On that far field, a grave is seen, 
To village eyes, forever green. 

And yet we count our losses gain 
For the sons of liberty slain ; 
When despots call the dreadful strife, 
Lives on thru all the nations life. 

As in the past, die sons of Wayne 
Have fought, her honor to maintain. 
Let not the men of future years 
Betray their trust with coward tears. 

But bravely on the field of strife 
Barter their liberty for life, 
And keep the tyrant's hand in chains 
While life and liberty remains. 



Memorial Address 

(Delivered by Sidney D. Furst, Esq., of the Lock Haven Bar) 

Fellow Citizens: — We have met in celebration of this most 
memorable of days to do honor to thirty-three of the young 
manhood of this vicinity, who in obedience to the summons of 
their country in the late war, entered the ranks of that vast 
army which both on land and sea set itself to oppose the tyranny 
of irresponsible autocracy, and particularl) to recall to memory 
three of their number, William Rail, Torrence Dyce and Nevin 
Bierly, who were called upon by Providence to pay the supreme 
sacrifice upon the altar of their country's service. 

That 'these young men were not all volunteers, but en- 
tered the service through every door which offered entrance, 
makes their service and their willingness to serve to the utter- 
most not one whit less laudable. The throngs which assembled 
at the stations to bid Godspeed to those who volunteered were no 
more tearful than those which waved farewell, — a possible last 
farewell — ito tho>e of our son- who were drafted; one fought 
with a fury, resourcefulness and courage equal to that oi the 
other, and wound stripes and martial decorations mark them 
both alike. And as we recall these young men to memory, we 
cannot but refer with loving regard to those survivors of our last 
great conflict, so few of whom we are permitted to encounter 
in our daily activities, owing to the increasing ravages of time 
amongst their ranks. Periods of war succeed t'hose oi peace as 
the waves follow each other upon the boundless deep, and, if 
1 may be permitted the figure, if that body of our youth present- 
ly returned from the World War, may he regarded as the crest 
■.<\ a mighty wave, then the simile holds that the few surviving 
veterans of former wars are like the crest of that preceding 
wave which, having spenl itself upon the sand- of time, is sink- 
ing hack with a.gentle rustle, a long drawn sigh, into the ocean 
of the great majority to be followed by this present curling, rush- 
ing crest of virile manhood, and in turn doubtless by other crest- 
ed waves, each, however, imprinting upon those times the his- 
tory of its endeavor. 

Recalling those day- of the World War now by so man) 
events; and conditions being crowded into rgetfulness of 

the past. I am reminded of mam things. For instance. I am 
reminded I am. speaking in a portion of our County and State. 



which may be regarded as particularly patriotic. Almost within 
sound of my voice, in the fateful year of 177(5, a century and 
a half ago, our forefathers, without precedent and example, de- 
clared themselves free and independent and named themselves 
the Fair Play Men, and we a v e almost within sight of the Mag 
which during the war, we raised to their honor and in their mem- 
ory by yon noble and historic elm. It is here that debating and 
literary societies have sought to analyze and solve our country's 
problems and celebrate her virtues, and it is here that after the 
Rebellion, for many yea ,- s our veterans associated and retained 
their martial formation in the interest of their country's security. 

Tn the World War, an exceedingly great army went and an 
exceedingly great army returned, for which 1 am thankful be- 
yond words to express. And I am encouraged from their be- 
havior in war to prophesy of their foresight, their patriotism, 
their sanity and their wisdom in peace, and not of theirs only, 
but of all those within hearing of my voice. For truly, enemies 
of our peace continue- and with their treachery, (their devious 
methods, their borings from within, their poison pens, make us 
almost yearn for the downright and open methods of actual con- 
flict, and it is the worst feature of war that it should leave such 
festering sores, such causes of extravagance, discontent, license, 
distaste for work, ^elf indulgence and dishonesty upon the bodv 
politic and industrial. We may indeed be thus said in a sense 
to be still at war, but upon a different front. And I am not sure 
whether or not these second foes have been sired by the World 
War or have grasped that war as an occasion for rearing their 
ugly heads from lairs, where they have long been lurking. For- 
mer wars which we have had, may be said to have found contest- 
ants divided by vertical planes, one section of the country against 
another, the North against the South, as it were, but in this con- 
flict we find the contest divided by horizontal planes, and we find 
submerged and disreputable forces seeking to upheave and dis- 
rupt the fair and lovelv surface of our civilization and to ruin the 
structure of happiness and prosperity which we there had built. 

We know that war is a disease upon civilization, a disorder 
in its body, accompanied by pestilence, famine, physical decline, 
loss of morals, loss of spirituality, loss of personal purity, a blot 
upon vegetation, a curse upon our domestic animals and a shock- 
to the home. One by one we can trace them in the history of 
the presently ended war. Tf these foes which I have mentioned 

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of extravagance, discontent, license, etc., be but the offspring of 
the war, they will be the more readil) corrected for they will 
abate as the causes which gave them birth, shrink away, but if 
they he the culmination of forces long developing among iis, they 
with the more difficulty will be suppressed. As the conquests of 
peace arc as memorable as those of war, if we shall succeed in 
solving our present great problems, we shall be conquerors indeed 
— we shall be fortunate indeed — and strengthen our title to peer- 
less national greatness. Each man may still consider the part he 
must play in this supreme comes;, an( ] | sav ••must," advisedly, 
for here he must serve without volunteering or draft and his re- 
ward, his prizes of war, art contingent upon his success, and in 
this content every man may find himself in the ranks of his 
enemies and will have himself in addition to overcome. 1 think 
we all recognize that this second conflict is upon us and we will 
all accede that a great strategic advantage has keen gained in the 
elimination of the evils of strong drink and the host of hard prob- 
lems which it creates. Let us take courage from this advantage 
procured and view it as prophetic of the future. 

Mow shall we proceed? What shall he our tactics? First, 
let us cherish our ideals and clarify our vision. Let us regard 
highly our duty to God and our responsibility to tin State. Let 
each of us he zealous to maintain the unity and sanctity of his 
home. Second, lei us thank God for the opportunity to work ami 
serve. Let u- seek to give a full day's work, whatever the pay. 
Such service will reap an abundant reward. It always has, it al- 
ways will. Third, let us do those things which promote personal 
health and purity in ourselves and our neighbor and his and our 
children. 

By such attitude and effort and by such alone, shall we win 
in the present conquest. 

Some moments ago, I spoke of the prizes ^<\ war. The 
prizes of such a war well fought are beyond die price. Do we 
value that peace of mind which is void of offense to God or man. 
we shall have it. Do the shining and happy eyes of our wives, 
their loving arms, the joyous laughter of our children, mean any- 
thing to us, we shall have them. Do our own home firesides and 
their security and permanency seem a thing to he desired, behold, 
we shall have them Would we have a gratifying sense of well 
being in our ability to meet our neighbor's eye to eye, as man to 

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man, and to discharge ourselves of our responsibilities in our 
public duties, it shall be ours. 

And thus shall the permanency of those institutions which 
our fathers founded, be guaranteed to our children and our 
own generation be justified by its works; thus shall every man 
speak peace to his neighbor and the everlasting hills rejoice in a 
fruitful land. — (Prolonged applause.) 




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Civil War Soldiers from Wayne Township 

Names of Soldiers who enlisted from Wayne Township dur- 
ing the Civil war from isdl to 1365. Prepared by Mrs. Anna S. 
Stabley, 1908, showing those living and dead at that time. 



Richard Jones, dead. 
James Jones, dead. 
Robert [ones, living. 
Wm. A. Quiggle, living. 
Charles A. Quiggle, living:. 



Isaac I lenninger, living. 

Jerry Sircar, dead. 
Jacob Strayer, living. 
Daniel Strayer, dead. 
Frank Smith, living. 



Serg't. Win. M. Quiggle, dead. Jacob Simcox, living. 



Jacob S. Quiggle, living. 
isaac Quiggle dead. 
Robert Quiggle, dead. 
Cornelius Cromlev. living. 
*James Emert, living. 
George Emert, dead. 
Adam S. Stabley, dead. 
Jacob Stabley, dead. 
Benj. F. Stabley, living. 
Henry Stabley, dead. 

* Jacob C. Stabley. living. 
Jacob Henninger, dead. 
Samuel Henninger, dead. 
Levi Henninger, living. 

*Eli 1 lenninger, living. 
Jacob Showers, living. 
♦'Levi T. Carpenter, living. 

* Jacob Dyce, living. 
David Trout, dead. 
Dennis Eagan, dead. 
Col. Jas. Snoddy, living. 

John Maroney, died in Salisbury prison. 

John Edgar, died in Salisbury prison. 

Samuel Edgar, killed in battle of the Wilderness. 

* Living, July 26, L920. 

Dear Harry: I -end you a list of names, I know there are 
others, some who lived at the lower end of the Township. 1 
have a list of all the soldiers— can't find it today. Your friend, 
Mrs. A. S. Stablev. 



Samuel Wilson, dead. 
Michael Winchester, dead. 
I lenry I )eal, dead. 
Ceo. Wilson, dead. 
W. 1 1. I [ackett, dead. 
TllOS. X. I 1 ackett, dead. 
David A. Cochran, living. 
Daniel Seward, dead. 
Abram Simcox, dead 
Joseph Mizner, living. 
John I lenninger, living. 
Joseph I Henninger, living 
i< seph Williams, dead. 
Cline Q. William-, dead. 
William Williams, living. 
Lieut. James P. Chatham, dead. 
Robert Thorp, dead. 
Lieut. John 1 1. Chatham, dead. 
Maine- W. Miller, living. 
George W. Mitcheltree, living. 
Joseph Simcox, dead. 



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Revolutionary Soldiers from Wayne Township 



Ensign Philip Quigley 

Nicholas Quigley 

John Hall 

Michael Quigley 

John Love 

William S. Chatham 



Patt. Muckelhaney 

Lieut. William McElhattan 
John McElhattan 
Christ. Quigley 
Peter Pentz 



( There were several others, but names not available 
present. — H. W. S.) 




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